Rubus glandulosopunctatus Hayata; R. hirsutus Thunberg var. glabellus (Focke) Wuzhi; R. hopingensis Y. C. Liu & F. Y. Lu; R. minusculus H. Léveillé & Vaniot; R. parvirosifolius Hayata; R. tagallus Chamisso & Schlechtendal; R. taiwanianus Matsumura; R. thunbergii Siebold & Zuccarini var. glabellus Focke.

Branchlets, petioles, and pedicel ± prickly. Flowers single.

Mixed forests, grassy slopes, roadsides, landslides. Low to medium elevations. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Cambodia, NE India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam; Africa, Australia].